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As Welcome to Night Vale is gaining another burst of popularity, I do wish to send out a warning to people who are very sensitive to psychotic episodes: be careful if you want to listen to it
If you’re the type of person who has #unreality blacklisted, don’t listen to too many episodes in a row/maybe avoid it all together?
Stay safe <3
i was and still am unable to listen to it but here’s what i remember about it that may be helpful to others and i would greatly appreciate input from people who actually listened to more of it
night vale is, in essence, about a really weird town. the unreality is constant.
– there are many things in it that can trigger paranoia and delusions, like the faceless old woman and 4th wall breaks
– cecil will repeatedly say certain things aren’t real
– cecil repeats things frequently
– doppelgangers
– angels
– droning music
– cecil will change his tone to say something ominous, then go back to talking normal
and please remember, what doesn’t cause psychotic episodes for one person may cause them for another. just because something doesn’t bother you doesn’t mean it won’t bother someone else, so please fucking tag unreality. it’s not infantilizing just do it
the unreality tag is helpful even when people don’t blacklist it.
additional triggers from someone who keeps up with the podcast:
-frequently, cecil narrates stories in the 2nd person (“you”). this can be upsetting because he’s narrating things that aren’t actually happening
-there are descriptions of gore and body horror
-cecil also has multiple experiences comparable to dissociation, derealization, or similar episodes.
-verbal repetiton
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